Opening blurb explaining the second book - Foundation and Empire; Someday mankind will spread into the Milky Way. And there, among a million worlds, Earthmen and aliens will group into a vast community-seething with old lusts and new passions.
This story takes you into that far future, where the Galactic Empire, crumbling into anarchy, grapples with the spirited Foundation as it strives for order amidst the chaos of the stars-two mighty movements clashing over the destiny of the universe!
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A little light reading, in other words? 
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I remember reading Foundation trilogy years ago and re-reading it several times, followed by the later sequels. I think it was about the time I started reading sci-fi, being bored with reading bad horror books at the time. When I get the chance, I want to see Apple’s TV working of it, as I always had the idea it was unfilmable.
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Each book is no more than 200 pages. So easy to read and keep up with. 
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I read them decades ago … and thoroughly enjoyed them.
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I read them a long time ago. Then discovered Anne McCaffrey & Terry Pratchett, 
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I think I had one of these. I believe it was the 5th book of the series.
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I got into McCaffrey and the Dragonriders of Pern. I remember reading a few of these, but never finished the series. I always thought about revisiting them at some time, although I’m not sure they are still in print. I assume I can still get them somewhere.
As for Pratchett, any and all of the ‘Guards’ books are brilliant. But my favourite has to be Going Postal. Most of these I have as audiobooks I used to listen to when I was at work driving.
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Yep, me too!
An eclectic mix of short stories in each volume.
Some of them were really cruel and sadistic! 
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I have read them,many years ago but I preferred the Arthur C Clarke books
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That brings back a few memories.
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I have the DVD of Going Postal, it was well cast & well acted & the characters are as I imagined them from the book. I have most if not all Terry Pratchett’s books R,I,P, Terry may you never be forgotten…
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I have all of Anne McCaffrey’s books, Pern & her others, though I wasn’t as hooked on the Acorna series. I re-read the others all the time.
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This was always interesting reading,
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Daughter & I tried to find out if we could still get a Gratton catalogue, apparently not, it’s only on line now. Sad that, not the same as flicking through a proper book to decide what to buy.
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Over the decades I have read a lot of sci-fi. Back in my youth it was Heinlein, Dick, Asimov, Clarke, Herbert. Then I moved off sci-fi to other fiction. But a couple of decades ago I was introduced to Iain M Banks and particulalry the foundation series. Brilliant. That led me to other, newer authors. Now I find out that there is a sub-genre of sci-fi called hard sci-fi. This is where the writer applies as much realistic science and technology as possible and avoid made up tech. One, Robinson, envisaged the first journey the earth similar planet of a near star. In short, it doesn’t end well.
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